KCC’s Foreign travel: Planes, Trains & Automobiles
On July 14 last year we informed you that officers of KCC had visited the following 13 countries: New Zealand, Iceland, Finland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Moldova, [...]
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£200 million has gone to 3 Kent County Council PFI contractors
Kent County Council (KCC) have three Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Contractors who between them receive payment for 11 schools all of which were built in the noughties. [...]
Your councillors allowances & expenses Apr 17 – Mar 18
Once again for the third time in four years there are anomalies in our Cllrs allowances & expenses. The people who are responsible for ensuring Folkestone & Hythe [...]
Otterpool Park update.
We’ll start with some good news. The probable Roman villa discovered on the Otterpool Park site will now become part of the development. In a conversation with Cllr [...]
Otterpool Park update: £281 million Housing Infrastructure Bid rejected.
Kent County Council’s £281 million Housing Infrastructure Bid for Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) has failed. Leader of Kent County Council, Cllr [...]
Otterpool Park update – Oh the irony.
On Thursday September 14th 2017 at 9.30am, 17 people gathered at 2 Marsham St London, the home of the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The 17 [...]
Let’s talk about sex.
Let’s talk about sex. Here in Shepway the numbers of teenager pregnancies (15 – 17) has fallen dramatically. Between 2005 and 2010 the numbers were a real [...]
The Long Read: Otterpool Park -update.
So what do you get for £281,230,000 or two hundred and eighty one million two hundred a thirty thousand pounds? Well, according to Kent County Council’s ( KCC) [...]
Cost & Usage of Shepway Libraries April 14 – Mar 17
Over the next couple of months KCC will be looking at ways of reducing their budget by £76.4 million. It is clear that Libraries, like all other areas KCC fund may have to [...]
Property & Land Held in Each Kent District by Overseas Companies.
In conjunction with Ian Driver, a blogger from Thanet, we the Shepwayvox Team, bring you a district by district comparison of how many properties (includes land) are held in [...]
KCC Technically Insolvent and a 25% Increase In Their Pension Deficit.
When a chief executive officer of a private company doesn’t meet the number – make the company grow, they are usually asked to move on, as they have failed to [...]
The Long Read: Lots of Questions About Folkestone Town Centre Management Limited.
Folkestone Town Centre Management Limited (FTCM) has had 24 Directors and two Secretaries. Its current directors are Tom McNiece former Mayor of Folkestone (pictured) [...]
Lies, Damned Lies & Local Authority Accounts.
There are lies, damned lies and there are Local Authority Accounts to add a new twist to an old adage. The data Local Authority Accounts present is not always clear and easy [...]
Exit Packaging From The Twilight Zone With KCC’s Dodgy Accounts.
Kent County Council (KCC) have made cuts of £514 million since 2010. This year 17/18 they will make another round of cuts of £76.7. This trend looks set to continue until [...]
KCC Cllrs 15% Pay Rise Will Raise Their Annual Bill to Over £2 million.
It was announced last week that KCC Councillors had voted to give themselves a 15% pay increase. Much to the annoyance of many in Kent. 48 councillors voted in support of [...]
That Trip To New Zealand.
In a recent post we informed you that KCC had visited New Zealand. On the 23rd Nov 2016 Paul Francis, (pictured) political editor of the Kent Messenger group, reported that [...]
The Long Read: The Peoples’ Audit of KCC’s Accounts 16/17
The Shepwayvox team with two independent qualified CIPFA accountants, a retired PWC Auditor and a few lawyers have undertaken a Peoples’ Audit of Kent County [...]
Kent County Council’s £60 Million Which Has Gone AWOL.
How do you lose £60 million pounds? Down the back of the sofa? At the bookies, a bad investment? We don’t know, but what we do know is that it is missing, gone awol. This [...]
KCC’s Freehold Properties & Our Concerns
Five postcode prefixes cover the whole of Kent. They are BR, CT, DA, ME and TN. Across these postcodes Kent County Council (KCC) had £41,234,935.92 worth of properties which [...]
Kent Libraries – The Palaces Of Our Minds.
Ever since the days of Alexandria, the library has been the palace of the mind, the University of All, open to all. Kent County Council (KCC) like all other County Councils [...]
What the hell else have they got to offer people?
In the fortnight after Prince Harry announced that he had suffered from mental health problems it’s emerged that Shepway has an above the average anti-depressant [...]
£7.5 million Worth Of Duplicate Payments Made by KCC.
For the last six years Kent County Council have not published credit notes in their published Invoices over £250. The Local Government Transparency Code has made the [...]
Shepway District Council’s Empty Homes Scandal.
Yesterday over 500 people gathered in Hythe to demonstrate against the concreting over of Shepway. Yet what stood out to me were two ladies, with placards telling us [...]
Missing
How do you lose a £142 million pounds? Down the back of the sofa? At the bookies, a bad investment? We don’t know, but what we do know is that it is missing, gone [...]
Those Resposible for KCC’s LOBO’s.
A decision to borrow money must be taken by the full Council. At KCC that is no different, once the decision has been voted on and signed off it may borrow from any willing [...]